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Fracking foes unveil 11 proposed ballot initiatives including ban
Posted by Denver Post: Joey Bunch on December 23rd, 2015
Denver Post: A Boulder County-based citizens group opposed to fracking filed a package of ballot initiatives Tuesday that would circumvent a compromise sought by Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Rep. Jared Polis of Boulder.
Coloradans Resisting Extreme Energy Development submitted paperwork for 11 potential ballot questions to provide mandatory setbacks for wells from homes and schools, more local control on drilling decisions or an outright ban on the process of hydraulic fracturing.
Eight of the 11 are...
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Comments Off on Fracking foes unveil 11 proposed ballot initiatives including banColorado’s lingering drought has ag economy anxious for spring
Posted by Denver Post: Joey Bunch on January 26th, 2013
Denver Post: The drought began for wheat farmers in 2011, said Darrell Hanavan, executive director of the Colorado Wheat Administrative Committee. It has cost the state's average 2.2 million-acre crop about $150.5 million so far. (Denver Post file)Related2013 National Western Stock Show & RodeoJan 24:Kansas teen shows National Western's grand champion steerJan 20:Denver's National Western Stock Show attendance up in 2013Jan 19:Farm bill's redraft raises worry in Colorado farm, ranch communities
After a devastating...
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